November is full of holidays and many opportunities for seasonal learning. So here is a little round-up of November read-alouds. Read to discover some of my favorite books to read during this season that I use to teach about the important dates of this month. National Author’s Day-November 1st Celebrating the lesser-known holidays in the classroom can be so much fun! Switching things up for a themed day is sometimes just what you and your students need. Use this day to practice being authors in the classroom! Here are some resources that make writing FUN for students and get them writing in all kinds of ways: Fall-Themed Selfie Writing-Students add props to their fall writing prompts. (Frankenstein, Pumpkins, Leaves, Scarecrow)...
Disclaimer- I received this complimentary product through the Homeschool Review Crew. I was delighted to read The Cricket in Times Square and use the Progeny Press The Cricket in Times Square Study Guide along with the book. As always I love reviewing study guides from Progeny Press. The books they provide study guides for our well-written living books worth reading. I’m committed to providing excellent literature for my children and grandchildren. Purchasing the digital product was quick and easy. I was able to download right away. I love that it was available instantly! We just printed the pages we wanted to write on. Otherwise, we used the guide on my laptop for study time. Now, let’s talk about what’s inside...
Teleperformance Philippines recently announced its partnership with Project Inclusion Network (PIN), a non-profit organization that works towards realizing the potential of Persons with Disability to actively participate in, and productively contribute to society. In a recent virtual event with its employees in honor of International Day of Sign Languages, Teleperformance Philippines highlighted its commitment to providing assistance and opportunities for people with disabilities through this new initiative with PIN. As part of the partnership, Teleperformance will assist PIN in identifying employable people with disabilities from their network of partner institutions, communities, and organizations that teach and train people with impairments. Moving forward, Teleperformance Philippines and PIN will be collaborating towards improving knowledge and comprehension of behavioral concepts and processes in the workplace,...
Out of all the homeschooling methods and styles, what’s the best one? The answer isn’t always the same for every family as different people have different tastes. Furthermore, parents and children have educational preferences about the way they want to home educate which will mean every homeschool looks a little (or a lot) different from the other. Indeed, we’ve identified 10 different ways to homeschool in this article! But, the best way for you will depend on what you like! If you’re interested in taking a homeschool style quiz to quickly identify the right method for you, you can do that at this link. There are plenty of homeschooling methods, but in this blog, we’ll be looking at the main ones...
Actively Learn is a site I've covered many times in the past and is excellent for comprehension/reading where educators can take a text and make it their "own" by adding questions, assessments, polls, to assess a student's learning and differentiate instruction.Recently, Actively Learn announced they will help w/ online learning during school closures by making their learning platform free through the end of the summer. More from their press release...Actively Learn can help. We’re offering our platform for free through the summer to make remote learning as strong as possible, without you needing to start from scratch. Our curriculum platform promotes student and teacher collaboration — at school and at home — with: Access to engaging content through any device (including smartphone)A way for...
